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Topic: Trying to remember a piece of old learning/toy/talking book tech (Read 822 times)

I'm trying to remember a big weird piece of electronic talking book equipment I had as a kid. I remember it was almost like a huge plastic yellow suitcase with a raised dome effect on the outside which opened up and you could insert different books that presumably read a barcode on the insert bit and you could then press things and interact with the story.

I can't see the picture but googled story reader and it does look similar to the big red thing. The setup was just a big yellow suitcase looking thing with grey or white handles that opened up and you inserted these thin books that I think had a tag you inserted into a slot somewhere on the big electronic book thing and it could recognise thiungs you pressed in the book

got excited there for a second but nah, imagine a yellow suitcase with grey handles, opens out, you place a book in the inside that fits, it slots one end into a mysterious hole and now you can press things in the book that make the story continue

one of the voices was that posh english voice you hear as standard in some of those educational things, more of a Kenneth Connor southerner posh, not his cockney voice, one phrase was "press the motorboat" in a stern "PRRRESS...THE MO..tor...boat"

I’m glad the mystery is still open because that Sega Pico one looks proper shite. Anyone with fond memories of that abomination would be dead to me.

I remember playing on one in Toy Master. It was alright. A bit like one of those interactive kids books for your iPad, but 20 years before it's time. However, £150 for the console and £20 per book? Plus it hogs the telly? No chance, mate.